MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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